The Biggest Web Trend of 2007 Will Be…

Last week we published a list of web technology predictions for 2007, along with a poll asking which trend you think will be *the* biggest of 2007. Social networks dominated the Web scene in 2006, so what will be the equivalent in 2007? We’ve had 1,235 votes so far (but we’ll leave the poll open … Read more

Top 10 Read/WriteWeb Posts for 2006

It’s a light posting week here on R/WW – but for those of you not out enjoying the xmas/new year break, here is a list of Read/WriteWeb’s most popular posts in 2006. This is according to our server logs. But honestly, you really should be reading a good book instead of blogs at this time … Read more

Best Web LittleCo of 2006 – and Most Promising for 2007

This is the third annual Best Web Companies round-up from Read/WriteWeb (ref: 2005 and 2004). This year we’re spreading it out over 2 separate posts and this is the second one – see yesterday’s post for Best BigCo of 2006. Best Web LittleCo It was a very hard decision this year, for a few reasons. … Read more

Charity Badge: Using the Power of Social Networking for Good

Yahoo has come up with a way to mix social networking with charities and non-profits. Called Yahoo! For Good, it has partnered with ‘charity aggregator’ Network for Good and launched a personalized Charity Badge – for people to put on their websites, social networks or email. To promote the initiative, Yahoo! will match the amount … Read more

Best Web Bigco of 2006: Google

This is the third annual Best Web Companies round-up from Read/WriteWeb (see 2005 and 2004). This year we’re spreading it out over 2 separate posts. In this post, we announce Best Bigco and the runners-up – with our special brand of analysis too. In our next post, we’ll announce Best Web LittleCo of 2006 and … Read more

2007 Web Predictions

Written by Richard MacManus, Ebrahim Ezzy, Emre Sokullu, Alex Iskold and Rudy De Waele. Also John Milan wanted to contribute, but unfortunately got caught up in the Seattle storm – so best wishes to John and all our Seattle readers. In our previous post we reviewed the Web trends of 2006, noting trends such as … Read more

Ask X – New UI for Ask.com Secretly Launched

Tonight I stumbled upon what appears to be a brand new User Interface for Ask.com. I was doing some searches on Ask.com, when I noticed a link in the top right asking me to try out something called Ask X. Screenshot below: When I clicked on the link, it regenerated my original query using a … Read more

edgeio and China: A Chat With Keith Teare

In a recent blog post, Wenzhi Lai of online listings company edgeio noted that their China operation – called mulu100 – has become the second largest source of traffic for edgeio. I was curious to know more about edgeio’s activities in China – and also to tap CEO Keith Teare’s brain about the Chinese Web … Read more

ZCubes: Trying to “Do It All” on the Web

I recently came across a web service called ZCubes, which is one of those browser-based portal apps that lets you do virtually everything under the sun – social networking, develop a website, browse the Web using a special built-in browser, create media (pictures, audio, video), add RSS feeds and gadgets, paint, handwriting, etc. It claims … Read more

Mobile Content in Context

This post is a short extract from the book Mobile Web 2.0, by Ajit Jaokar and Tony Fish. This week we’re focusing in on Mobile 2.0, which is basically the Mobile Web circa 2006. I’m much less familiar with the mobile world than the PC Web one, so I thought it’d be a good idea … Read more

Sharpcast’s Mobile Push

While we’re on the subject of mobile 2.0 this week, one of my favorite web startups Sharpcast has just announced a new version of their Sharpcast Photos Mobile Edition. Sharpcast is a data sync service for consumers, allowing users to sync their data across PC, Web, mobile and other devices. Right now their flagship product … Read more